The Chequers Inn in Harborough

Went in for some lunch and to regroup after getting lost in Rugby (again...). Good happening atmosphere for a Thursday lunch time. Some good old boys working their way through some beers, and younger customers eating. I had a ham roll which had lovely thick fragrant ham, cut, I suspect, in house. Salad too. My wife had a tuna jacket spud with loads of salad. She ran out of steam and I finished the salad. I had a jolly nice pint of Landlord, which was well kept.

My local pub, fantastic selection of real ales and superb food at amazing value for money, the pizzas are better than Dominoes! Loads of themed evenings and live music events ask at the bar for details sky sports available too. Lovely beer garden to the rear with swings and other things to keep the kids amused plus a Marquee for summer events. Best pub in the area bar none...well done to Brian for all the hard work he puts in and the rest of his team for all there help and support!

a wonderful meal in great surroundings, big thanks to Brian and his team

Great pub with a fantastic atmosphere and lovely staff. They also have great live bands on such as Third Alert.

A nice village pub. There is a good range of food options on the menu. The food is typical pub grub but that is in keeping with the traditional pub atmosphere. Prices are very reasonable. Staff were friendly and welcoming. The pub is cosy inside and has some nice outdoor areas.

Overall a lovely place to visit

Good pub grub in a traditional setting.10/10

Great outdoor charity festival. Well organised and attended.

Lovely little pub, always welcoming with a nice atmosphere, and a large garden great for the kids

Their Salads are second to none. Make sure you have a light breakfast before having their lunches Super and such friendly atmosphere too

A very nice pub, with a cracking landlord! Brian has been there for quite some time now. He is very relaxed, and you can tell he knows what he is doing. I love the feel of this place, and the beer is well kept.

Friendly pub with different events on all the time

Came for the bingo night tonight. As advertised to be told all tables were reserved. And we had to go sit outside never once was it stated that you had to reserve a place. Was happy to take our money 2 nights before

Great staff lovely food 😋 good selection of beers 🍻

Always lovely to go back to the chequers ,so many happy memories there . Thank you, Brian 😘

Lovely village pub friendly owner and staff and locals. Good beer and food. We actually played live music there and the crowd were so much fun as they sang along and danced.

Lovely pub with a warm friendly atmosphere. Plenty of seating and a lovely outside area.

Friendly staff. Good food. Lovely ambiance.

Absolutely brilliant kids play area with bouncy castle. Great pub with real ale

Lovely pub. Landlord always accommodates us to watch the rugby.

Pop up food stalls in the garden are great. Great beer too. And the Mr Whippy ice cream is genius

Lovely sausage beans and chips on a weekday lunch. Lovely people. Just popped in off chance as passing!

Played the games on hand - loads of fun

Lovely Ambience, very Friendly staff Cheerful people..and the atmosphere were amazing.. lots of space to accommodate a large crowd.

Great food, great friendly service, my other half left his bank card on the bar... Honest people it was brought over to our table.. That's what I call 5* service and dog friendly too.. 👍

Great pub. Really friendly landlord

Lovely friendly village pub, good selection of pub grub and drinks, great landlord too.

Friendly village pub. The landlord supports Leicester City so you will always find their matches on the TVs in the pub. They do pub grub and pop up kitchen events. There is a large garden and private rentable cabins if you don't fancy sitting outside (small fee). A great little pub (good ales too)!

Nice atmosphere during events, otherwise usually quiet

Very friendly management and staff. Good food.

Lovely traditional country pub.We enjoyed our meal.

Very clean and friendly staffing.

Very welcoming pub with excellent real ale.

Perfect place for a quiet drink after a hard day's running

First time here friendly staff and a nice pub

Lovely food, very friendly staff

Very friendly pub that welcomes dogs, good beer selection and nice decor

Traditional pub with Traditional pub grub

Good meal with will go again.staff very friendly

I liked it. Honest food and a decent pint. Staff were friendly.

Great food, great service ,nice place! Great park for kids!

Nice selection of pub food and quality beers

We had Sunday lunch here, the pub is very old and nice, service was friendly, the food was by far the best bit, very tasty and just the right amount and a reasonable price

Outstanding pub top quality brilliant owner⚽️👍🍻

A very hit and miss pub, with strange opening times and poor menu choices, the night we called in our only choice was pizza, we were looking forward to a proper meal that I hadn't had to cook. The beer and wine choices were also disappointing.

It's been a while but it was great to be welcomed back by Brian and his team. quite possibly the best Sunday Roast we've ever eaten and all washed down with a pint of Timothy Taylors. as Arnie says "we'll be back"

Really nice place in a lovely little village. Great garden for the children and, what I thought was a clever touch, is that there is an Adults Only outdoor space too.

Great pub , friendly staff and a great landlord especially if you support Leicester 👍

Such a friendly welcome! We were staying in the nearby Stanford Hall caravan site and walked over the fields to this attractive, traditional pub set in the picturesque village. Kim was our cheerful, obliging and highly efficient host. Her ploughman’s lunches - one cheese, one ham - were delicious. The platters generously proportioned and featuring top quality ingredients. We sat outside in the newly-completed “adults-only” patio garden to enjoy a pint of Cornish Pale Ale. A really happy experience, and many thanks to Kim for making it so.

Love this place Brian always helpful

Lovely pub, good garden space. Family friendly and as always amazing food. Staff are helpful and always smiling. We will see u again very soon my favourite place to be.

I used to like really thin pizzas and only really ate them abroad until I discovered The Chequers pizzas! They roll the crust over the tomato sauce and then add cheese so the crusts are so tasty! Highly recommend! P.s. the Sunday roast dinners are really great too - the best roast potatoes!!

Rude management, Why is it in establishment the management is always correct and the customer is always wrong. So rude and unwilling to listen the customers side. WRONG

Good for what it is. Helpful staff

Super friendly place. Good food, great atmosphere

We had an excellent Sunday lunch followed by a good choice of puddings . I had a apple pie and custard, but there was sticky toffee pudding, ice cream and more. Very friendly and helpful staff. Recommended.

Delicious meal from the Chequers! Thanks Brian and team!

Good food, good beer. Felt very safe in these strange times.

Brilliant. Great beer, food & above all staff.

Brilliant little pub and the bloke running it absolute diamond one of a kind for a conversation. Also loved to speak with a couple and their fury friend in there. Brilliant place.

Lovely pub, very friendly, lots of Covid security stuff. Nice pint of Kingstone Press cider to end our bike ride.

Not the first time I have had issues at this place. And yet again they were right. Customer is always at fault.

Great pint of Taylor's landlord 😁

Lovely friendly pub. Great cheesy chips

It ok if you like that sort of thing.

Don't see many of these in pubs these days.

Great village pub but let down by food.Hour and a half wait, cold food , small portions, mediocre quality.

Old school pub with no airs and graces set in a lovely small village setting. Landlord is a cracking bloke. This kind of pub is sadly a dying breed.

Very pleasant country pub with good food.

Nice country pub. Friendly staff and locals, and my steak was good.

There was a nice atmosphere but didn't rate the food at all. Sorry landlord (he was a nice chap).

We've been to The Chequers Inn one many occasions and each time has been a very pleasing experience with great food and sensible prices. The last time we went the chef had made her own rum & raisin ice cream which was amazing!

Got quite excited when I could book online and expected a little more than what's a good honest pub selling OK food. With changes to the A14/M6/M1 junction it's a little far from the beaten track so maybe not quite worth the detour. Sadly they're also gettting rid of the blue and white Leicester FC stripes!

I stay here quite often for work and really can't say much against it. A few minor niggles which is just me being picky! Gail and Brian were great and will be missed, I was made to feel welcome from the moment I stepped over the threshold. The girls in the bar are lovely and friendly, great selection of beers and spirits. Sandra is around in the morning to set you up for the day with coffee and juice, breakfast is fab, fresh and good quality. The rooms are clean, have coffee and tea making facilities and tv. The new managers have big shoes to fill, looking forward to going there next week and meeting the new managers, and wishing Gail and Brian the best of luck with their new venture.

I’d recently heard that the Chequers had reopened for food so i thought it would make a lovely place for a meet up. It’s fair to say I was very impressed. The whole pub has a warm and welcoming atmosphere filled with friendly staff. I ordered the lasagna which was delicious (would really recommend) and my friend had the surf and turf. I would really recommend this pub for families, couples or just a friendly meet up. Very impressed :)

Came here the other day with my Husband and Children - we ordered the Surf and Turf, Steak and Sausage Kids Meals. Brilliant wait service, big smiles on the delightfully polite staff, delicious food and perfect portion sizes!!! Will be returning!

Service was nice and friendly the moment we stepped into the pub. Food was served very professionally and was beautifully cooked. Drinks service was again very good. I would recommend this pub as family friendly pub with amazing polite staff. Will defiantly be visiting again shortly. :)

Shocking! Chose this pub for a family gathering. Rang and booked for 15-20 people on a Sunday lunchtime. We should have been told at the time of booking that there was no way the kitchen could cater for that number of people at one time. It took over an hour and a half to get the meals to everyone, consequently some had finished before some were even served. Meals came out haphazardly, some cold and had to be taken back to be warmed up, some with bits of the dish missing, eg. No garlic bread with the meal but came after the meal was eaten and was not even toasted; a trio of sausages came with just two sausages and they had run out of tartare sauce for any fish meals. The gammon that several people chose was nearly cremated and couldn't be cut. The eggs on the all day breakfast look like they had been scraped off the floor. A vegetarian among out number chose a vegetable quiche and then waited 20 mins to be told that there was none available. She then chose vegetable lasagne only to wait again to be told that it was not good enough to serve to her!!! She ended up going to without a meal as by this time most people had finished eating and to be honest was just put off ordering anything else. The service was dire, one young lad doing his best to serve us all and failing miserably. Apparently even the beer was not up to its best. If possible I would give this restaurant a zero rating.

Nice friendly staff, food is excellent. Nice cosy setting lovely beer garden and off street parking

Good do friendly pub good landlord!

Great food and drinks, prefect for a relaxing lunch

Great food and great hospitality!

Such a great pub with a brilliant landlord, who makes you feel incredibly welcome whether you are stopping in for a pint, food or a new resident. Food is good and very typical pub grub with generous portions. Great range of offers and deals throughout the year. Definitely worth a visit!

Nice friendly (and very busy) pub. Stopped in for an early evening meal and whilst we hadn't booked and it was very busy, a table was quickly found. Service was great and its a really nice pub with a nice atmosphere. Food was ok - freshly cooked and theres a good choice on the menu although it was more 'ok' than 'brilliant' but was nice enough and decent value!

We go here after the wolf run.. Never had a bad drink or meal.... Lovley place.... great staff and friendly regulars.... See you again soon

Impressed with the Price and quality of the food. Portion size was excellent and a friend who had the mixed grill couldn’t finish it it was that big. Food was spot on and just what was needed. Wish it was my local pub.

Nice place good beer and social welcome

A village pub with a lot to offer. Food is cooked to order from wide ranging menu. A lunch of beef chilli and chips was just that with good ingredients and freshly prepared chips. Nice simple environment with extensive garden and function marquee. Landlord is friendly and attentive.

Range of good food options, Barry tasteful student friendly

Lovely pub, relaxed, friendly and homely. Food excellent. Serve fever tree tonic and decent gins so all was perfect

Chose The Chequers as a half-way point to collect my mother who had spent time with my sister in Suffolk. Lovely welcome and our dog got not one, but two biscuits (spoiled). Good range of ales, but I was driving and we enjoyed the snacks we had. We’ll be back.

We only went for a drink but were uninspired by the place.

Went here during the last wolfrun good food at good prices also the landlord is very welcoming was really impressed.

Really welcoming place lots of play equipment for the kids outside and a beautiful village

Stopped here again on way back from a VW show at Stanford Hall on Sunday. Very good food and helpful landlord, no complaints this time round!

Lovely pub with good food & friendly staff. Gets very busy so be prepared for long wait for food , sometimes over an hour but worth it for the food. Have excellent vegetarian selection

Having previously visited this pub and enjoying it I decided to revisit. The food was still brilliant, if not better. Great portions and nothing was too much trouble. Lovely atmosphere, comfortable traditional pub with friendly staff. Definitely one to visit!

Happened on this pub in the depths of rural Leicestershire. The menu was basic pub food, the ales were few but well chosen, but the real plus point was the landlord. His catering staff were late arriving, so he went into the kitchen and prepared our sandwiches himself. And since the road layout around there had been disrupted by a nearby motorway access point, he kindly explained the route we should take in order to reach our next destination. If you're a Leicester supporter, you'll be at home here - the whole pub was painted blue (temporarily) when Leicester won the League in 2016, but other supporters (eg Coventry) are welcome too.

The food was delicious with excellent homemade puddings and the staff were very attentive. Would definitely recommend

Great village pub foxy new coat of paint to the exterior. Lovely atmosphere inside.